(VOVWORLD) -From Wednesday all restaurants and cafes in Hanoi must arrange seats at least a meter from each other and partitions are encouraged, according to a new regulation on COVID-19 prevention.

(VOVWORLD) - Countries putting their own interests ahead of others in trying to ensure supplies of a possible coronavirus vaccine will make the pandemic worse, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Defense Minister Tran Don has called for further cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba in clinical treatment of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases using drugs produced by Cuba.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of whom were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups.

(VOVWORLD) - The spread of COVID-19 in the central region has been gradually contained but outbreaks in the north remain unpredictable, according to the Health Ministry at a meeting of the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry said Tuesday morning that Vietnam has recorded 7 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 983.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s count of COVID-19 cases have risen to 976 after 12 more cases were detected on Monday, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian people will likely be vaccinated against the coronavirus in mid-September, according to Alexander Gintsburg, Director of the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has confirmed 1 new infection in Hai Duong province and 1 in Quang Nam province, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is entering the peak of a second wave of COVID-19 as the number of infections and deaths increases nationwide. The country has taken drastic measures and mobilized resources to contain the virus, particularly in the epidemic hotspots of Da Nang and Quang Nam province in the central region.